> You say you are losing your ability to function in day-to-day life because you are spending too much time focusing on your therapy.

Perna said that, but I thought it was a good take so it was worth repeating :-)

I think... That it sounds to me like things are a bit overwhelming right now and so right now is when the focus is supposed to shift.

This happened with me not so long ago. I was becoming consumed with thinking about my childhood pain all the time. Thinking about it, feeling it. Feeling bad. Thinking about it, feeling it. Feeling worse. Lying in bed thinking about it, feeling it. Avoiding people. Avoiding work. Feeling guilty for avoiding people and for avoiding work. Beating myself up. Er... How is this helping again????

So: I had a chat with my t. Told him that I needed to function. Had important deadlines and needed them to function. Lets face it... If you don't have very much in your life that you are happy with then you can afford to throw everything you have into therapy. I've done that at points in the past and it was an appropriate thing for me to do. But now... Er... I've got myself a little bit of a life with things that are important to me. If it comes to choosing between keeping those things in my life in appropriate order or going to therapy then it would be a step backwards for me if I were to choose therapy over my life. Because... Therapy is supposed to be about helping people get things that are meaningful in their life... How is it helping if it is getting in the jolly road all the time?????

I guess I would have a think about whether you need to reduce the frequency of the sessions (cutting back to once per week and twice every second week could be a comprimise) or whether it is more about reducing the intensity of the sessions. More frequent sessions doesn't have to result in greater intensity of sessions. I've started talking more about the present than the past with my t now. It is intense in its own way. But I'm not getting caught / lost in childhood pain.

Hang in there... Try not to beat yourself up...

Practice those coping skills... Its okay to think about (and even enjoy) your life instead of worrying about therapy stuff all the time...

Hope your deadlines work out okay!